David Dein urges caution on quota plans

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David Dein, the former Arsenal vice-chairman, has urged caution over Sepp Blatter’s proposals to restrict the number of overseas players in the English game.

Dein, once one of the most powerful men in English football, is convinced the Fifa president’s ‘six-plus-five’ rule proposed by the sport’s world governing body would damage the Premier League.

“This is probably the most contentious issue to hit English football since the Premier League [was set up] in 1992,” he said: “It’s a hot potato and in my view it’s not going to get any cooler. I think Sepp Blatter is on a mission to